Janet Keogh

Janet Keogh is a fictional character in the long running UK TV comedy series Two pints of lager and a packet of crisps.

Personality
Janet is generally kind towards her friends, and often acts in a silly manner. This is probably due to her not being very intelligent. She seems to be an outgoing person, often speaking in strange voices making jokes, however her friends don't often find them funny. She can be very flirty in unorthodox ways with her husband, Johnny, (for example, in one occasion she tried to seduce him with sandwiches). At times she can be very loud mouthed and often swears.

History
Janet and Johnny have had a romantic relationship all the way through the series, apart from once when they temporarily separated. Early in the series she thought she was pregnant, but later found out she wasn't.

Janet later cheated on Johnny by kissing her old boyfriend, Andy. Johnny then drove Janet away by making her do tasks for him and ignoring her. Johnny later regretted this, and with the help of Donna went out to look for Janet the next day. After Janet had been reunited with Johnny, Johnny proposed, but Janet found the ring he gave her had been stolen from Andy. Making Janet force Johnny to try and find work so he could buy her a another ring. Johnny is unsuccessful, and the two are forced to call the wedding off. However Johnny is able to blackmail Janet's dad into paying for the wedding.

Janet felt she had fallen out of love with Johnny, and tried ways to maker herself love him again. However she still feels she no longer loves him, she leaves a note on the table and leaves. When Johnny with Gaz arrive at the house, Gaz opens the note, but only reads part of it telling Johnny there are pasties in the oven for him. Janet meanwhile stays with Louise, who isn't very sympathetic towards her and just talks about how she is going to get back at her boyfriend. Johnny meanwhile does eventually read the full letter, and realises that Janet has left him. Janet returns to the house to find Johnny burning a picture of them both as well as Johnny's action man.

Janet soon realises she has made a mistake, and goes to the Archer to find Johnny, but finds him kissing the new barmaid, Kate. Janet comes to dislike Kate, and feels she is flirting with Johnny in front of her on purpose, resulting in Janet's friend Donna wanting to spilt Kate and Johnny up. The two do split up, after Gaz proposes Kate with sex, resulting in her demanding that Johnny break off from his friends. However Johnny refuses, and Janet and Johnny go back to having a romantic relationship again. However while they were split up, Janet had un-protected sex with Gaz. Johnny was shot in a police mix up, but was shot in the leg, meaning he survived.

Janet soon discovered she was pregnant, but didn't know if the father of her unborn baby was Johnny or Gaz. Her pregnancy resulted in her becoming enemies with Donna, and Donna splitting up with Gaz temporarily. Johnny did find out about this but decided to pretend he didn't know, as he still wanted to be with Janet. Janet gave birth, Johnny named the baby Corinthian. Janet also became friends with Donna again.

Janet becomes depressed when she hears her friends all moving on in their lives, so she becomes a singer, and is then employed by Speedy Cruise. But Janet is then told she would be on singing on boats, and living on them for weeks at a time. However she decides to take the job anyway. She tells Johnny who objects to begin with, but wants to go with her when he thinks she may become a prostitute. However she finds out that she will be actually be doing adult entertainment, wearing bikini, resulting in her turning the job down.

Janet then becomes enemies with Donna again, when the two both apply for the same job in the Archer. Janet gets the job, making Donna extremely angry, so angry that she posses as a health and safety inspector, she threatens to close the Archer if Janet doesn’t clean it up. However, Janet finds out that Donna is just pretending to be health and safety; she makes the bar dirty and throws cheese bits around to spite her. However Donna returns to warn that a real health and safety inspector is about to come in, but Janet thinks its another trick. However the real health and safety inspector enters the pub and announces that it will be shut down. The pub is closed, despite Janet's siege, and Janet is forced to shut the pub for seemingly the last time.

Sheridan Smith will return as Janet in series 7. However it’s notable that Ralf Little who plays Janet's boyfriend, Johnny will not.

Relationships
Janet and Johnny have had a romantic relationship through out the series. Janet seems to be deeply in love with him. They are married and have a child.

Janet's best friend is Donna. The two meet up at the Mathew when the series begun, but now they generally use the Archer. They have fallen out in the past over Janet sleeping with Gaz, and the two became enemies when they were both competing for the same job.

Janet has known Louise since school. Although they are friends, Janet finds her annoying.

Janet is friendly with Gaz.


 
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